Twelve aspirational female company founders have been shortlisted as finalists in the AccelerateHER Awards 2023. Three female-led companies were selected from each of the awards’ four specific categories - Technology; Environment; Culture; and Health.

Despite being established in 1886, it is Whittard’s first-ever TV commercial, which Team ITG helped to produce in under seven weeks for rollout in the lead-up to Mother’s Day, to encourage customer activity around gift-giving.

Findings from 260k+ worker contracts across 160 countries show that from January-December 2022, global hiring grew across all regions, although some regions saw a higher rate of involuntary terminations and lower average starting salaries in the second half of the year.

QiO will use this funding to expand its operations in USA and Europe, enhance the capabilities of its Foresight Sustainability Suite™, and accelerate customer acquisition in sectors which face the biggest challenges in achieving net zero GHG emissions.

The creation of the new Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) – announced a week ago – is a positive step and provides a welcome focus on an area of the economy that will drive future growth.

55% of employees in the UK are expecting their salaries to increase this year, with 59% also expecting some form of bonus payout.

An investment of c. £1.5m, made by a number of organisations including Ufi Ventures, will support Metaverse Learning in achieving its vision to drive innovation in learning for the education sector.

Lending to small businesses via brokers jumped 10% in 2022 to £45billion, according to the annual survey results from the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB).

This new capital raise follows on from the $6 million in Series A funding Landytech achieved in March 2021, recognising the rapid growth attained by the company in that time and its projected continuation.

SmartFrame Technologies is pleased to announce the appointment of Jennifer Clements, who joins the company as its new Global Publishing Director.

Packfleet (London-based all electric courier) is pleased to announce that Fern Wake has been appointed Chief Operating Officer.

Axel will lead and manage the philanthropic arm of Binance, with a core focus of advancing accessibility to Web3 education worldwide for the underrepresented and underprivileged. 

According to the latest Government allocation report, hundreds of businesses promised business rates relief through the £1.5 billion Covid-19 Additional Relief Fund (CARF) did not received support despite government promises.

According to Government research, women make up just 29.4 per cent of the STEM workforce in the UK, while there are 75,000 staff currently looking to return to a career in the fields - most of whom are women.

Whilst 76% of the 58 entrants to Tech Climbers this year have already raised money to date, they cited access to finance as the biggest challenge for the businesses, closely followed by slow adoption of technology.

Leading global identity verification provider ID-Pal, announces the appointment of Tim Murphy as the new independent Chairperson of its Board of Directors.

VeUP, a new global technology consultancy launches - providing bespoke services to Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) working in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) ecosystem.

EatFirst (Berlin), the corporate food ordering platform, has acquired technology food business Feedr (London) from Compass Group UK & Ireland for an undisclosed amount.

Green Angel Syndicate has announced an investment as part of the £3 million seed round raised by pioneering seaweed company, Kelpi.

The top 33 early stage scaleups to watch in 2023 in every region, representing the brightest of UK tech with the most potential to scale in the year to come.